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Lawmakers of both parties sharply criticized Obama administration officials over secret surveillance programs that gather bulk phone and Internet records to search for ties to terrorists.

Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R., Wis.) a lawmaker who was instrumental in crafting the Patriot Act that authorizes much of the data collection, warned that there were not enough votes in the House to renew one section of the law when it comes up for renewal in 2015.

“Unless you realize that you’ve got a problem,’’ Mr. Sensenbrenner told Deputy Attorney General James Cole, “you are not going to have it anymore.’’ Read More »

Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Cole, who made the decision to subpoena phone records from the Associated Press, said the Justice Department didn’t take the action until after it had exhausted other efforts to investigate a leak of classified information, including hundred of interviews. Read More »

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